Name

timebite

Legal name

Dotbite GmbH

Website

https://timebite.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employer branding & student engagement platform

NAICS

Direct Mail Advertising (541860)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

General Homework Help (Multi-Subject) (EDANADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rewards, Recognition & Merchandise Sourcing (Points, Catalogs, Gift Cards) (THAHANAC)

Keywords

• Student learning platform
• Employer branding services
• Digital career fair
• Education platform network
• Peer learning insights

Headquarters

HQ city

Breitenfurt Bei Wien

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Employer Branding Services (timebite.branding): Companies pay for employer branding services targeting students through the education network. Services include employer profiles, podcast interviews, employer films, workshops, social media boosts, targeting mails, employer stories, and targeting mail campaigns. The platform enables companies to be positioned as supporters of digital education tools, reaching young talent early in their educational journey.
2. Educational Network Sponsorships: Companies become sponsors/supporters of the education network, enabling free access to platforms for students. This positions companies as supportive partners rather than advertisers, creating authentic employer brand presence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

timebite operates a free web platform where university students share and access real-world experiences about courses and exams, including study effort estimates, learning material recommendations, and peer tips, and earn "Bites" (points) redeemable for rewards such as AirPods, hoodies, and vouchers. Alongside the consumer platform, timebite.branding sells employer branding services — including Employer Profiles, Employer Films, Workshops, Podcast Interviews, Social Media Boosts, and Targeting Mails — to companies that want to reach students and young talent through the Dotbite education network of 500,000+ users.

Product overview

timebite operates as a multi-platform ecosystem centered around its core student exam preparation platform (timebite), complemented by a network of six educational platforms (Flatastic, Matara, MedIbk, Abiturma, EasyClass) under the parent company Dotbite GmbH. The company is structured into two divisions: the consumer-facing timebite platform for students to share course experiences and access study insights; and timebite.branding, a B2B employer branding division offering services including Employer Profiles, Educational Tools Placement, Employer Films, Employer Stories, Podcast Interviews, Social Media Boosts, Targeting Mails, Workshops, and Company Insights—all designed to help companies connect with students and young talent through the education network. The ecosystem spans over 500,000 users across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Users earn 'Bites' (virtual currency) by contributing content and can redeem rewards including AirPods, hoodies, and vouchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• timebite.branding: Employer branding services helping companies reach young talent through educational platform networks. Offers services including Employer Profiles, Podcast Interviews, Employer Films, Workshops, Social Media Boosts, and Targeting Mails.
• Flatastic
• Matara
• Abiturma
• EasyClass
• MedIbk

Products and services

• timebite (Core Student Platform) Free web platform for university students to share and access real-world experiences about courses and exams, including study effort estimates, learning material recommendations, and peer tips. Users earn Bites (points) by sharing experiences and can redeem them for rewards such as AirPods, hoodies, and vouchers.
• Flatastic Shared apartment (WG) management app for the DACH region with a gamified point system for coordinating shopping lists, cleaning schedules, and shared living expenses.
• Matara Interactive mathematics learning platform for upper secondary students in Austria, covering the full curriculum with over 3,600 minutes of video content, exercises, exams, and theory.
• MedIbk Interactive flashcard and quiz platform for medical students, providing understandable medical content and extensive quizzes to support collaborative exam preparation.
• Abiturma Germany-wide math Abitur preparation service offering intensive courses, last-minute courses, and warm-up sessions, combined with a learning app for closing knowledge gaps before exams.
• EasyClass Specialized tutoring courses in mechanics and mathematics for university (TU) and HTL (higher technical college) students, including live intensive courses in small groups and comprehensive online video access.
• Employer Profil (Employer Profile) Central digital career fair booth within the Dotbite education network where companies present their employer culture, entry opportunities, benefits, and job listings, integrated directly into user profiles and the digital career fair.
• Bildungs-Tools (Educational Tools Placement) Strategic placement of an employer's brand within the exclusive Dotbite education network, positioning the company as a supporter of digital education tools rather than a traditional advertiser.
• Employer Film Professional video production creating emotional employer brand experiences through an individual story concept told from the target audience perspective, featuring employee interviews and cultural insights.
• Employer Stories Short-form dynamic video content showing authentic working experiences, professionally produced from concept through final editing and optimized for distribution across the Dotbite education network and social media.
• Workshops Strategic employer branding workshops covering employer value proposition development, target audience needs analysis, and authentic communication approach development, delivered with actionable results.
• Podcast Interview Moderated podcast interview format in which company representatives answer authentic questions from students and young talent, professionally video-produced and prominently featured in employer profiles.
• Social Media Boost Four-week social media campaign with a guaranteed minimum of 35,000 impressions within a defined target audience, serving as a trusted referral channel for the employer brand with measurable impact.
• Targeting Mail Direct email access to timebite user inboxes with precise targeting by desired universities, offering measurable performance through open rates, click rates, and conversions.
• Unternehmensinsights (Company Insights) Deep, authentic company insights including people stories, job profile glimpses, project reports, and transparent career paths, placed across Lounge, employer profiles, and personalized tips.
• Real Talks: Employer Branding (Podcast) Podcast featuring HR and employer branding experts from various companies sharing insights, trends, and practical experiences from the world of work, available on Spotify and Apple Music.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50,000 timebite users actively sharing study experiences
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FlatasticcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Dotbite education network. WG (shared apartment) management app based in Berlin and Zurich. Helps students organize their shared living, coordinate shopping lists, cleaning schedules, and expenses.
• MataracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMathematics learning platform for upper secondary level in Austria. Curriculum-compliant with over 3,600 minutes of learning videos, exercises, exams, and theory. Listed on the official education ministry marketplace for learning apps.
• MedIbkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInteractive flashcard platform for medical students in southern Germany. Provides comprehensible medical content and extensive quizzes to help students retain knowledge.
• AbiturmacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNationwide mathematics Abitur preparation courses in Germany. Offers intensive courses, last-minute courses, and warm-up sessions. Includes learning app for effective study support.
• EasyClasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized tutoring courses in mechanics and mathematics for TU students and HTL (higher technical college) students. Includes live intensive courses in small groups and comprehensive online video access.

Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• Studydrive: German student-to-student platform for sharing course summaries, lecture notes and exam preparation materials. Closely overlaps timebite's learning-material recommendations and peer-insights features for university students.
• StuDocu: Global student platform for sharing study materials, summaries and lecture notes, with strong penetration across European universities. Directly comparable to timebite's community-driven learning content and course-level insights.
• StudySmarter: Germany-based multi-subject study and homework-help app used by millions of students across Europe. Directly comparable to timebite's core consumer platform in target user, subject coverage and freemium study-tools positioning.
• e-fellows: German employer-branding and recruiting network targeting university students and graduates with events, magazine content and company profiles. Comparable to timebite.branding's supportive-branding positioning and DACH student audience.
• Absolventa: DACH-focused employer branding and entry-level recruitment platform targeting students and graduates. Directly comparable to timebite.branding's employer-profile, targeting-mail and career-fair offerings aimed at young talent.
• Stuvia: European marketplace for student-generated study summaries and exam-prep materials, monetized through paid downloads. Comparable to timebite's material-recommendation and effort-estimation use cases for university students.
• Hipo (HipoApp): Career and recruitment platform connecting students and graduates with employers, focused on the DACH and Eastern European markets. Comparable to timebite.branding's career-fair and employer-branding services for young talent.

Broad incumbents

• Xing: DACH-dominant professional network owned by New Work SE, offering employer profiles, job ads and recruitment tools. Comparable as a broader incumbent competing for the same employer-branding and young-talent-recruitment budgets.
• StepStone: One of the leading DACH job boards and employer-branding platforms, offering targeted recruitment marketing and employer profiles. Comparable as an incumbent alternative to timebite.branding's employer-profile and targeting-mail services.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network with deep employer-branding, sponsored content and recruitment-marketing offerings. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for enterprise employer-branding budgets, though lacking timebite's owned DACH student-audience network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/timebite.at
• Instagraminstagram.com/timebite/?hl=de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/timebite

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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